Dr. Britta[2] "Britt" Westbourne, MD is a fictional character on the ABC soap operaGeneral Hospital. She has been portrayed by actress Kelly Thiebaud since September 19, 2012.
Britt was noted for her "bitchy" attitude, characterized as an "evil" villainous. The term "Britch" (A combination of Britt and Bitch) has become widely popular when referring to the character, either in the show's script or social media and message boards. Despite the character being initially viewed as a pointless role who would be removed from the show quickly, Britt's unfolding storylineโthat revealed her to be the daughter of supervillain parents Cesar Faison and Lisa Obrechtโhas garnered both her and Thiebaud praise for making her nastiness believable, with Zap2it calling her a "natural". Though she loves playing the nasty side of Britt, Thiebaud is pleased to show the character's many layers.
Redemption
Although Britt was written to be a heartless villainous, Britt was proven to be popular among fans and critics [3][4][5] with some even disliking Britt's emeny, the "good girl", Sabrina Santiago (Teresa Castillo), claiming she is "too immature". In late summer 2013, viewers started to notice a "change" in a character, after she bonds a friendship with sometime GH character, Nikolas Cassadine. Britt confines in Nikolas quoting, "...I should of been an adult and realized the truth and cut my losses. Instead I dig in. And I tried harder to find him over. Emma too. But Emma didn't let me from the start and she's even more stubborn then Patrick. After every gift feel flat and every outing ended with attitude, I lost my tempter and acted like a child. It's not something I'm proud of."
Storylines
Introduction
One day, Dr. Britt Westbourne comes and pulls Patrick away to talk to him. While talking, she asks Patrick out on a date. Patrick agrees to the date, but his sister-in-law, Maxie, can't babysit his daughter Emma, so Britt suggests that Sabrina can babysit. Britt notices that Sabrina has a crush on Patrick, though doesn't view her as a threat. On the date, things don't go as planned when Sabrina calls and tells Britt that the babysitting isn't going well. Britt tries to tell Sabrina to deal with it, but Sabrina calls back and Patrick and Britt have to go home. After this incident, Britt begins to worry if Sabrina is a threat.
In early January, Britt is disgusted when she finds out Sabrina and Patrick almost kissed. Britt confronts Sabrina and tells her to stay away from Patrick and to never babysit again. Patrick agrees to this idea and tells Emma to say goodbye to Sabrina, upsetting Emma. Later in that month, things turn for worse for Britt. After getting disrespected by Emma many times, Britt breaks down and tells Emma "she doesn't like her". This upsets Emma, which causes her to run away. Sabrina then finds Emma and Emma reveals everything that happened to Britt to Sabrina, who she had formed a sisterly bond with. Sabrina then tells Patrick this and he dumps Britt. Britt, angry, vows to get back at Sabrina.
After Patrick
After lying about the true parents of Maxie Jones' unborn baby girl, she blackmails Maxie into helping her ruin Sabrina. This ends however when Maxie's father, Frisco , confronts her and even causes Britt to break her leg, suddenly ending the storyline.
Sabrina is then shocked when she finds out she didn't graduate nursing school. Patrick finds out about this and lashes out at Britt, accusing her of changing the results of Sabrina's test. After finding out Sabrina was framed of cheating, everyone lashes at her and they find out Britt did it. No charges were pressed and Britt got a "warning".
In March 2013, it is revealed she is the daughter of Dr. Obrecht, the woman who has been helping hold Patrick's wife hostage. Lisa tries to convince Britt to get Patrick back. Later it is revealed that Lisa had an affair with her "partner-in-crime" Cesar Faison and that is how Britt was produced.
Britt and her mother's master plan is revealed when Britt takes the stage at revived Nurses' Ball to inform Patrick, Sabrina, Emma and everybody else that she is pregnant with his child, shocking everyone. Britt then schemes again and claims she has hyperemesis gravidarum. When the tests are done, it is revealed she does in fact have this. It is then learned Britt's new friend and lab technician, Brad Cooper, changed the results for her. Due to this sickness, Britt is put on bed rest and moves in with Sabrina and her friend Felix, which to the annoyance of them.
Getting over Patrick
Britt soon starts a bond with Nikolas Cassadine, who helps her deal with Patrick not loving her. When her mother returns to town, she tells her mother she is done trying to get Patrick back. Her mother refuses to stop the schemes, even after it is revealed Patrick isn't the baby's real father. Britt soon covers for
her mother when Liesl accidentally poisons Duke Lavery, while she was attempting to poison Anna instead. With the help of Sabrina, Felix, and computer tech Damian Spinelli, everyone finds out Liesl is Britt's mother. Upon Anna Devane hearing this, she storms into Britt's apartment looking for Liesl Obrecht. When Anna learns that Britt is lying to her about Lisa's whereabout's, Anna arrests a heavily pregnant Britt. She is bailed out by Nikolas Cassadine and Patrick finds out about Britt's mother and her arrest. Patricks goes over to Spoon Island to confront Britt and says that he will fight Britt for full custody over the baby due to the threat that Britt's mother poses to the baby. Britt then states on August 29th that he will never get full custody because the baby is not his. According to Britt, Brad Copper is the father of her son (via sperm donation).